![]() It prevents duplication of effort and lets investigators know whether a series of images has already been discovered or identified in another country, or whether it has similar features to other images Specialised investigators from more than 68 countries, such as Australia and India, use the database. Once this AI programme sorts out what is obscene imagery, officers run the files through a child sexual abuse material processing software in order to sieve out material that was previously indexed or process newly-identified pictures and videos.įinally, officers upload newly-identified material onto the ICSE database so that their counterparts in other jurisdictions can help to identify and rescue victims. Officers then use an artificial intelligence (AI) programme to help them categorise these electronic files. It was progressively developed from 2020 onwards and is set to be officially launched on Monday. The lab is a dedicated and private space for investigation officers from the Singapore Police Force (SPF) to process child sexual abuse material. ![]() “So you (multiply the same feeling by) 46,000.”ĪSP Chen, 37, as well as a police psychologist and a Home Team Community Assistance and Referral Scheme (HT CARES) officer, were speaking to members of the media at a tour of the Cyber Guardian Lab located at Police Cantonment Complex. “We are talking about 46,000 files at least, right?” ASP Chen said, her expression sombre. Among Wong Ket Kok’s victims was a two-year-old girl. In one case involving a Singaporean offender, she had to go through tens of thousands of electronic files containing child sexual abuse material. ![]() “It can get very overwhelming because you just keep seeing this happen again, and again, and again, and again to different children - or maybe even to the same child.” “The audio gets to you and it stays,” the senior investigation officer told reporters on Thursday (Jun 22). SINGAPORE: For a few hours every day, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Jane Chen has to look at horrendous, obscene imagery: Video footage and pictures of children, some as young as a few months old, being sexually abused.
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